{"title":"A double-ended fault location method for hybrid transmission line based on rotary phasors","authors":"Xin Zhao , Qin Shu , Chang Wang , Yong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.epsr.2025.111833","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hybrid transmission lines, consisting of overhead lines and underground cables, are widely employed in urban areas. Transient faults in such hybrid lines, coupled with the non-homogeneous nature of line parameters and short fault durations, present challenges for fault location. In this paper, a double-ended fault location method based on rotary phasors is proposed for hybrid lines and transient faults. The method offers the following advantages: 1) it is suitable for hybrid lines with multiple segments having varying impedance parameters, and does not require prior knowledge of the faulted segment; 2) it directly computes fault location from sampled values without the need for phasor extraction, allowing the use of time windows shorter than one cycle, making it well-suited for transient faults. The method is divided into three stages: defining rotary phasors with the sampled values and calculating instantaneous electrical quantities at each end of each segment, decoupling the line using the instantaneous symmetrical component method, and locating the fault through an optimization problem. Fault location for each segment is determined through global search, with the valid fault location being identified as the final result. A series of simulations were performed in MATLAB, validating the method's effectiveness and accuracy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50547,"journal":{"name":"Electric Power Systems Research","volume":"247 ","pages":"Article 111833"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Electric Power Systems Research","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378779625004249","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hybrid transmission lines, consisting of overhead lines and underground cables, are widely employed in urban areas. Transient faults in such hybrid lines, coupled with the non-homogeneous nature of line parameters and short fault durations, present challenges for fault location. In this paper, a double-ended fault location method based on rotary phasors is proposed for hybrid lines and transient faults. The method offers the following advantages: 1) it is suitable for hybrid lines with multiple segments having varying impedance parameters, and does not require prior knowledge of the faulted segment; 2) it directly computes fault location from sampled values without the need for phasor extraction, allowing the use of time windows shorter than one cycle, making it well-suited for transient faults. The method is divided into three stages: defining rotary phasors with the sampled values and calculating instantaneous electrical quantities at each end of each segment, decoupling the line using the instantaneous symmetrical component method, and locating the fault through an optimization problem. Fault location for each segment is determined through global search, with the valid fault location being identified as the final result. A series of simulations were performed in MATLAB, validating the method's effectiveness and accuracy.
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Electric Power Systems Research is an international medium for the publication of original papers concerned with the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical energy. The journal aims at presenting important results of work in this field, whether in the form of applied research, development of new procedures or components, orginal application of existing knowledge or new designapproaches. The scope of Electric Power Systems Research is broad, encompassing all aspects of electric power systems. The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to indicate topics that fall within the journal purview.
• Generation techniques ranging from advances in conventional electromechanical methods, through nuclear power generation, to renewable energy generation.
• Transmission, spanning the broad area from UHV (ac and dc) to network operation and protection, line routing and design.
• Substation work: equipment design, protection and control systems.
• Distribution techniques, equipment development, and smart grids.
• The utilization area from energy efficiency to distributed load levelling techniques.
• Systems studies including control techniques, planning, optimization methods, stability, security assessment and insulation coordination.